Here is a great site that models synthesis in an elementary classroom
synthesis

Synthesizing Poster:



In Chapter 11 of Reading With Meaning, Debbie Miller explains this strategy as "adding on and adding on" to our thinking until we reach a final "synthesis" or understanding of what the story is about!
  • Ellin Keene on synthesis as a "ripple" pg. 160
  • Ben explaining synthesis on pages 162-163. Make sure you check out his 'synthesis wheel' in the middle picture insert of the book. I've taught adults about synthesis using this model...it's amazing
  • Retelling as synthesizing pg. 163
  • Extending synthesis from the literal to the inferential pg. 164
  • Evidence of understanding pg. 168
Books for Synthesizing Information

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